An exploration of the drivers to bio-security collective action among a sample of UK cattle and sheep farmers

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 358-372

  Heffernan, Claire ^a   Nielsen, Louise ^a   Thomson, Kim ^a   Gunn, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bio security; Cognitive dissonance; Collective behaviour

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; OCCUPATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; OCCUPATIONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 52349117092     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2008.05.007     Document Type: Article

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